Where does “Unwin” come from?
Unwin (English) comes from Old English Hunwine, from Proto-Turkic hūn, from English horn, from Middle English horn, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic horn, from Proto-Germanic hurną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
Ancestry of “Unwin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | Hunwine | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | hūn | — |
| 3 | English | horn | A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the... |
| 4 | Middle English | horn | A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of... |
| 5 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “Unwin”